memeorandum: In India, Coronavirus Fans Religious Hatred (New York Times)

10:50 PM ET, April 12, 2020

Top Items:

My Plan to Safely Reopen America — An effective strategy to beat the virus is the ultimate answer to how we get our economy back on track. — Mr. Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. — People across America are stepping up to the plate.

Discussion: Washington Post, Axios, Fox News, IJR and The Hill

Ursula Perano / Axios:

10 times Trump and his administration were warned about coronavirus — President Trump's tone on the coronavirus pandemic has dramatically shifted in the last month as the illness has swept across the U.S., which has now reported more confirmed cases than any country in the world.

Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and WGN-TV

Washington Post:

Live updates: Some churches defy restrictions on Easter; coronavirus cases could spike again if U.S. opens by May 1, expert warns — The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus.

Associated Press:
Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump's pandemic response

Discussion: Washington Times and PJ Media Home

Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Fauci on Trump's delayed response to coronavirus: “It is what it is”

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones, Associated Press, Fox News and Breitbart

Jane Mayer / New Yorker:

How Mitch McConnell Became Trump's Enabler-in-Chief — The Senate Majority Leader's refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever. — On Thursday, March 12th, Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, could have insisted that he and his colleagues work through the weekend …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ben Smith / New York Times:

Bob Iger Thought He Was Leaving on Top. Now, He's Fighting for Disney's Life. — The former C.E.O. thought he was riding into the sunset. Now he's reasserting control and reimagining Disney as a company with fewer employees and more thermometers. — The Walt Disney Company turned franchises …

New York Times:
De Blasio Used Last-Minute Text to Tell Cuomo Schools Would Stay Shut

Discussion: The Hill, Chalkbeat, WGN-TV and HuffPost

Emma Tucker / The Daily Beast:

Trump Makes First Public Rebuke of Fauci With #FireFauci Retweet — UNNERVING — President Trump delivered his first public rebuke of the nation's top infectious disease expert and a member of his coronavirus task force on Sunday evening by resharing a tweet that said “Time to #FireFauci.”

Discussion: Mediaite, Business Insider Malaysia and Raw Story

The Guardian:

Bolsonaro dragging Brazil towards coronavirus calamity, experts fear — Concerns grow that by downplaying threat, Brazil's president risks public health crisis — Medical experts have said they fear that Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, could be hastening the country's march towards …

Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:

Coronavirus may give President Trump a long sought chance to privatize the Postal Service — WASHINGTON — Amid a cash crunch threatening to put the U.S. postal service out of business, the Trump administration is being accused of blocking bipartisan efforts to provide money to the agency …

Discussion: Breitbart

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The debate over a post office bailout, explained

Discussion: Daily Kos, Rolling Stone, The Mahablog and PJ Media Home

David Beavers / Politico:

Governors, health experts push back on Trump's goal to reopen economy in May — Governors and top health experts on Sunday raised doubts about President Donald Trump's goal of starting to reopen the U.S. economy as early as next month, warning that moving too quickly could lead to a worsening of the coronavirus pandemic.

CNN:
STATE OF THE UNION — Does Trump Have a Plan?

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Slate

Maya L. Harris / The Atlantic:
Some Patients Really Need the Drug That Trump Keeps Pushing

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Ken Davidoff / New York Post:

Anthony Causi, beloved Post sports photographer, dies of coronavirus at 48 — Anthony Causi, a longtime photographer for The Post whose prolific talent and larger-than-life personality made him a fixture in the New York sports world, died Sunday of the coronavirus at North Shore University Hospital.

Paul LeBlanc / CNN:

Virginia governor makes Election Day a holiday and expands early voting — (CNN)Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that he signed a series of new measures into law aimed at expanding access to voting in the commonwealth. — The new legislation will establish Election Day as a holiday …

Discussion: Virginia Governor Ralph … and HuffPost

WJLA-TV: Gov. Northam makes Election Day a state holiday, expands early voting in Virginia

The Daily Beast:

Democrats Fear Trump's New 2020 Strategy Is Working — The president and his team aren't hiding their plans to make Beijing the main villain in America's fight against the pandemic. — President Donald Trump and his allies are leaning heavily into a new 2020 strategy tying Democrats …

Discussion: Raw Story

National Review:

In Some Places, Easter Isn't Being Celebrated. It's Being Fined. — Some local officials have come after religious organizations with unseemly zeal. — For Christians, Easter is a time to celebrate resurrection. But it's been hard for some Americans to do that because their local officials …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Sarah Ladd / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky police record license plates at in-person Easter church service

Discussion: PJ Media Home, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, Business Insider Malaysia, Forbes, TMZ.com and The Hill

New York Times:

‘There Will Be Losses’: How a Captain's Plea Exposed a Rift in the Military — The coronavirus crisis aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt spurred another chapter in the hollowing out of the Navy's leadership, in particular under the Trump administration. — WASHINGTON — The captain had reached a breaking point.

Discussion: Business Insider Malaysia, Fox News and The National Interest

CNN:

Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research, amid US-China row on virus origin — Hong Kong (CNN)China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published …

New York Times:

Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden — Ms. Reade, a former Senate aide, has accused Mr. Biden of assaulting her in 1993 and says she told others about it. A Biden spokeswoman said the allegation is false, and former Senate office staff members do not recall such an incident.

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, Fox News, New York Post, Breitbart, RakeBack, VICE, The Daily Caller, Reason, Mediaite, Redstate, Althouse, Twitchy and Conversations with Slava

San Francisco Chronicle:

Coronavirus live updates: SF's Mayor Breed wins national media praise for leadership — To keep our community informed of the most urgent coronavirus news, The San Francisco Chronicle's critical updates are free to read. Ongoing coverage is available to subscribers. Subscribe now for full access and to support our work.

Russell Berman / The Atlantic: The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus Curve

Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:

US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response — International relations expert warns policy failure could do lasting damage as president insults allies and undermines alliances — Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, which he once dismissed as a hoax …

Ben Kamisar / NBC News:

Despite encouraging signs, coronavirus is ‘advancing’ worldwide, WHO envoy warns — “We think it's going to be a virus that stalks the human race for a quite a long time to come,” WHO special envoy David Nabarro told “Meet the Press.” — WASHINGTON — A top envoy to the World Health …

Discussion: Axios, Slate, IJR, Seeking Alpha, The National Interest and The Hill